Have you noticed all of the butterflies and bees collecting pollen from your allium, coneflowers, and bee balm? They are a great reminder to keep our gardens filled with these host plants and nectar sources for far more than the color they bring to our gardens. If you need a little break this week, check out my favorite links from around the web…

• "Don’t write what you know, write towards what you want to know." This essaycontains some of the most eloquent advice to writers ever. (Thank you Rosie!) 

• How does this dancer do it? Just wow!

• Your laugh of the week: who needs a fireplace that is also an 8-track tape player? And while we're on fireplaces, check out this before-and-after. Quite brave!

• A lesson in economics that really clarified what a billion dollars is exactly.

• Speaking of economics, here's a chuckle from the CEO of Zoom: "I'll tell you what. I had my money on Skype." (Thanks Heather!)

• This portrait made me weepy. Something about his eyes and his hat.

• If you've seen a room I've decorated and wondered what made it so appealing, I can tell you this is my secret. (Thanks Diana!)

• Which is your favorite runway look? Seriously the better question is which contestant needed to be tranquilized before being dressed! (Thanks Thirteen!)

• Dona helps me with weeding at the farm. The other day I heard her say, "Ouch! Another f*#%ing rose." This poem made me think of Dona.

Photo by Gary Bendig via Unsplash.